The real problems though relate to the no overall majority business and the fact that there are no councillors from the two main Thanet towns in the cabinet.
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Tuesday 7 June 2011
Thanet District Council Cabinet Reshuffle
The real problems though relate to the no overall majority business and the fact that there are no councillors from the two main Thanet towns in the cabinet.
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ReplyDeleteNo taxation without representation..
ReplyDeleteA while back were discussing the export of live animals from Ramsgate Port. You may be interested in the follow:
ReplyDelete"Laura Sandys (South Thanet, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers are available to local authorities to prevent live animal exports from open ports.
Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 7 June 2011, c184W)
Michael Penning (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Roads and Motoring), Transport; Hemel Hempstead, Conservative)
Local authorities have no specific powers to prevent live animal exports, and commercial ports (including municipal ports) are subject to a general open port duty. However, such exports must meet any applicable legal requirements about animal welfare during transport, animal health and animal identification."
Here is some more on animal exports from Ramsgate Port:
ReplyDelete"Laura Sandys (South Thanet, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information regarding animal welfare (a) on the journey and (b) at the final destination is requested by the Animal Exports Division of her Department before authorisations for exports are granted.
Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 8 June 2011, c310W)
James Paice (Minister of State (Agriculture and Food), Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; South East Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) is responsible for checking the application for a journey log which has to be submitted by the transporter for any consignment of major livestock species or domestic equidae that are to be exported on journeys lasting over 8 hours. The application must provide, among other things, details of the length of the journey including any statutory rest periods. Once AHVLA is satisfied that the journey will meet all of the necessary EU legal requirements, it is approved. The journey log must then accompany the consignment on the journey to the final destination. The journey log must be returned by transporters to AHVLA following completion of the journey. AHVLA undertakes checks of returned journey logs to ensure the journey was completed as planned, (or if deviations occurred, these were justifiable) and that no infringements of the EU legislation took place."